1/3/05
That Was My Body In The Snow
Lemon Party “Spalding Gray Is Missing” – This is a selection from the Song Fight website, where amateur musicians are challenged to write and record a song using a title provided by the webmasters, and the audience can vote for their favorite after the results are posted as mp3s. This particular recording was only a runner up in its competition, but I think that it is unquestionably one of the finest compositions to ever be posted on the site. The lyrics are written from the perspective of the titular monologuist as he plans his own suicide with a startling degree of real-life detail and clarity. This isn’t a song about contemplating suicide; that much is already decided before the music begins. This song is concerned with the practical, mundane details of actually going through with it. Set to a crisp, wintery indie pop track, the song communicates a feeling of profound relief and resignation, with a disturbing undercurrent of total emotional detachment. (Click here for more music by Lemon Party.)
